Good news, Bay Ridge! It is going to be a (relatively) warm weekend and there are plenty of ways to get out there.
Friday night you should rest up, because the rest of the weekend will be jam-packed, as well as packed with jams!
It starts early on Saturday with cover band the Social Zoo, which will have a “laid-back jam session” to audition new bass players at No Quarter Tavern (8015 Fifth Ave., between 80th and 81st streets) starting at 1 pm. The playlist-by-request outfit will ask the audience to vote for which four-string slapper should ask join the band, so show up and do your part for democracy.
Or celebrate Mardi Gras — the Scandinavian way! Have a Fat Tuesday party on Saturday afternoon at the Danish Mardi Gras at Vesuvio (7305 Third Ave. between 73rd and 74th streets). The Scandinavian East Coast Museum and Lodge Brooklyn-Sons of Norway have a slew of traditional festivities for you, including “hitting the barrel” (a pinata-like game), decorating spring branches, and chowing down on traditional fastelavensbolle sweet buns — you know you love them! The party starts at 1 pm and costs $35 ($20 for those aged 7–17, $15 for kids age 6 and younger.
You can’t always get what you want — unless you want to rock out to the Stones all Saturday! Rolling Stones tribute band Sha-Doobie hits the stage at Red, White, And Brew (8910 Fifth Ave. between 89th and 90th streets) from 4 pm until 8 pm. For those four hours, you get all-you-can-drink wine, beer, and well drinks for $40.
Then you have enough time to make it to the Leif Bar (6725 Fifth Ave. between 67th and Senator streets) to catch Tiberius, a band covering the Grateful Dead, Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, and Led Zeppelin. Tiberius goes on at 9 pm and will play two full sets.
Football season is over, so there are no more excuses for spending Sunday afternoon on the couch. Bar circuit vet Max Christopher is playing at Schnitzelhaus (7319 Fifth Avenue between 73rd and 74th streets) on Sunday at 4 pm, so grab a pint and liverwurst a little.
Last but not least, for a relaxing and classy evening you can catch Brooklyn Senior Idol winner Nunzio singing the oldies at the dinner hour at Greenhouse Café (7717 Third Ave between 77th and 78th streets), starting at 6 pm.
